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Cornellius Buster Beetle Level: 33 Posts: 91/460 EXP: 224182 For next: 4997 Since: 06-04-04 From: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 10 hours |
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What happened to Windows Longhorn ? For a while it was mentionned everywhere and now we don't hear anything about it anymore. | |||
Vim Red Goomba Level: 11 Posts: 39/42 EXP: 5538 For next: 447 Since: 09-14-04 Since last post: 353 days Last activity: 308 days |
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Maybe because it looks like the worst idea since greedo shooting first? | |||
Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 6012/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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Longhorn is still pretty much in devolopment, it's the same thing with games. Sometimes not much is said during mid-devolopment. It's too early to tell whenever that OS will rock or be the next ME. But it's not stopped working on. This site have some good information. |
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Vim Red Goomba Level: 11 Posts: 41/42 EXP: 5538 For next: 447 Since: 09-14-04 Since last post: 353 days Last activity: 308 days |
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I'm seeing good ideas, Bad course of actions. As per the usual with Microsoft. I don't expect it to be very good. :\ |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 5088/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Very much in development. I just saw the torrent for the latest beta build actually. I heard a few things about it that didn't exactly sound too appealing to me... But we'll see. If it was just a graphical upgrade to XP that fixed major exploits/bugs, it would be fine. But of course it isn't. |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 870/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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I thought it would kill off some people using Microsoft because of the 3D graphics acceleration required to install... doesn't seem to be. | |||
Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 6020/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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Originally posted by Colleen...OMG. I must go and test it on my guinea pig computer. xD |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143 Posts: 5140/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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I remember that I downloaded a Longhorn file on a LAN party a few months ago but I think that I deleted it... I wonder how Longhorn will turn out. |
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Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119 Posts: 4158/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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Last I read it was due in '06. I forget which mag I was reading, but it had a lot of info/screenshots on it. ...but '3D' windows... |
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Kasumi-Astra Administrator Level: 62 Posts: 965/1867 EXP: 1971846 For next: 12840 Since: 03-15-04 From: Reading, UK Uni: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 12 hours |
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Apparently it was at one stage *quite* different from XP. My advanced scripting lecturer was explaining the other day that MS tried to implement a database file structure, so that search times and access times would drop significantly. Guess what. They couldn't get it working so they ditched it. Longhorn is slowly turning into the Duke Nuke'em Forever of the OS world. The opperative word there being "slowly". (edited by Kasumi-Astra on 11-20-04 03:54 PM) |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 1724/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by Kasumi-Astra It isn't that they ditched it, was more of they won't be able to implement it in time but they do plan on doing so. I heard this from a researcher at Microsoft who came down to give a talk. |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 6207/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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Well if they're succeful at copying Google's search technique for Windows... hell wouldn't it be awesome if Microsoft bought theirs for use in their OS? There is a free search engine from google which can be installed on your computer even now which searchs for documents. >.> Apparantly there is leaked slow versions of Longhorn, i'm not surprised that they're slow since they probably aren't built for a wide line of compurs. Just a few testing ones. It's too early to tell if it's gonna be a new success like Win XP was or if it's the next Win ME... |
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Sokarhacd Ball and Chain Trooper Resistance is Futile You Will Be Assimilated Hab SoSlI' Quch Level: 61 Posts: 771/1757 EXP: 1799888 For next: 76708 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 4 hours |
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we will have to wait and see I suppose, hopefully its better, if not, its gonna suck, seeing as whenever you buy new computers they seem to come with the latest OS, so if it really sucks, like ME, it will probably still be shipped with all pc's when the time comes... | |||
Karadur Fire Snake Level: 48 Posts: 99/1192 EXP: 786444 For next: 37099 Since: 11-02-04 From: Chatham, Ontario, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 15 hours |
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To me, it's sounded so far like it's going to be good. Mostly stuff like WinFS, Avalon, etc. 3D Windows and such? That'd be different to see, but it makes that old picture of an alert box saying 'Exiting Windows. Do you want to play another game?' more and more true. I don't see why you'd need a 3D Graphics Card just to use an OS. It just makes no sense to me That Google Desktop Search doesn't work for me It doesn't like my antivirus, and some dll somewhere. I forget where I read it, but apparently Mircosoft wanted to have a google search thing readily available in Longhorn, and thus tried to buy Google, but they were turned down The screenshots look really neat right now, but they first thing I don't like is the overly-big text in the folder name heading Oh dear god. Parental Controls? Eh... I guess they put the stuff in that everyone else says is needed. I'm quite glad I'm not a kid anymore though after seeing that |
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KsoftFusion Paragoomba Level: 15 Posts: 27/71 EXP: 13389 For next: 2995 Since: 06-19-04 From: I don't know, gimme a map. Since last post: 25 days Last activity: 1 day |
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I tried Longhorn once. It had a lot of nice stuff, so I don't think it will flop in the market for that. It COULD, though, for the system requirements. My computer would take it, but my grandma's that's running XP probably wouldn't. I read that Longhorn's gone into Beta, and that Beta 1 will be released Feb. 16, 2005. Sure, I believe it's in Beta, but Feb. 16? Nah... maybe Feb 16, 2006. |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2131/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Well, it's Windows. Nuff said. Seriously, I don't like the looks of it at all. 3D windows is a cool idea but realistically it's a horrible waste of resources. The only thing I did like about it, the database file system, is apparently not going to happen. (And I really wouldn't want to have all my files sorted for me. It'd be aweseome, though, if each file was 'tagged' with its origin (including, if you downloaded it from ANY web browser, the web site/URL it came from) and a short description/subject entered by the user, which would make them easy to find. Just type in say "ASM" and you get 'asm.txt', 'marioworld.txt' whose description is 'overworld data, asm, music', and '65816.zip' which was downloaded from 'www.website.com/asm/65816.zip'.) *looks at screenshots* OK that huge analog clock is just a dumb idea. I'd rather not take up 1/8 of my screen space for a bar just to fit on a giant clock. '02:06 PM' on the bottom of the taskbar works fine. 64MB VRAM required? I've seen huge games that could run under that. There's just no reason for an OS to use that much. Parental controls? Ouch. I'd almost be sick, if not for the fact that this is M$ we're talking about. (Watch, it'll be a popup box. "You're not supposed to be looking at this site. Would you like to close it? Yes/No" ) |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 1750/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by HyperHackerhey, at least it doesn't look like this--Microsoft's first try at 3D desktop as for the DB file system, microsoft will do it, it just won't come with longhorn... (edited by neotransotaku on 11-22-04 02:22 PM) |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 1731/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Oh dear Jesus! It sounds like some sort of restrictive program, like the fabled Windows...Oh. I see. |
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Zem You can be civil without being flowery, dipshits. Level: 49 Posts: 387/1107 EXP: 829398 For next: 54485 Since: 06-13-04 Since last post: 131 days Last activity: 131 days |
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They should hold off on 3D windows until they have holograms and you can just point at stuff with your finger to open files and such, like in those totally awesome movies where they do that kind of thing. | |||
Karadur Fire Snake Level: 48 Posts: 142/1192 EXP: 786444 For next: 37099 Since: 11-02-04 From: Chatham, Ontario, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 15 hours |
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Originally posted by neotransotaku That. Is. Horrible Interestingly enough, you can still use that sort of thing with DesktopX and a theme to go with it, for those of you who didn't know of that program neotransotaku's screenshot is far too cluttered for my liking though Originally posted by HyperHacker First point, agreed completely. I'm not 100% sure, but there's probably not one thing on this computer that requires more than that amount of VRAM to run I'd really like to know what they want to do with the OS that'd require that much. I looked through the Longhorn site from the link in this thread, and unless I overlooked something else completely, the only thing I saw dealing with that was a movie where they showed the opening and closing of the Notepad 'Find' dialog box. Second thing you said, it'd be quite funny if that were to happen Knowing MS though, if you clicked 'No' IE would probably crash |
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